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    The last two stanzas stand in sharp contrast with the first two stanzas. The first two stanzas reflect the poet’s inner emotions of grief and sadness by creating a desolate winter scene around him. The last two stanzas is an aim to find hope even in the most desolate times. It shows how to overcomeRead more

    The last two stanzas stand in sharp contrast with the first two stanzas. The first two stanzas reflect the poet’s inner emotions of grief and sadness by creating a desolate winter scene around him. The last two stanzas is an aim to find hope even in the most desolate times. It shows how to overcome the despair seen in the first two stanzas by having hope.

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    The poem is written keeping in mind the desolate winters and at the end of the 19th century. Read summary of The Darkling Thrush

    The poem is written keeping in mind the desolate winters and at the end of the 19th century.

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    The literary device used in the line the “weakening eye of the day” is personification. Read summary of The Darkling Thrush

    The literary device used in the line the “weakening eye of the day” is personification.

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    The mood changes from the beginning to the end all because of the thrush’s song. The poem starts in a sad and gloomy mood where the poet laments the dying century, and then it reaches the climax where he hears the song of a thrush. He realizes the frail bird is singing a song of hope even in desolatRead more

    The mood changes from the beginning to the end all because of the thrush’s song. The poem starts in a sad and gloomy mood where the poet laments the dying century, and then it reaches the climax where he hears the song of a thrush. He realizes the frail bird is singing a song of hope even in desolate times like this. The poem ends on a note of optimism where the poet realizes that hope can be found even in the darkest of times.

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    “Specte” was a 19th century word for ghost. Over here the speaker personified frost by saying frost was not just human-like but ghost-like. It symbolized the fact that the world was dead and hopeless, just the ghost-like Frost reigning over them. Read summary of The Darkling Thrush

    “Specte” was a 19th century word for ghost. Over here the speaker personified frost by saying frost was not just human-like but ghost-like. It symbolized the fact that the world was dead and hopeless, just the ghost-like Frost reigning over them.

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    Thomas Hardy creates the feeling of sadness in the poem by describing a bleak and desolate winter scene. He laments the death of the century saying how the cloud acts as a canopy for the dying century. He paints a desolate ambience around him evoking sorrow and grief, which resonates his inner turmoRead more

    Thomas Hardy creates the feeling of sadness in the poem by describing a bleak and desolate winter scene. He laments the death of the century saying how the cloud acts as a canopy for the dying century. He paints a desolate ambience around him evoking sorrow and grief, which resonates his inner turmoil.

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    The ancient rhythm mentioned in the poem is the process of conception and truth which has slowed down remarkably. Just as the nature is shriveled up, similarly the process of birth and germ are getting slowed down to an extent that civilization may be in danger soon. Read summary of The Darkling ThrRead more

    The ancient rhythm mentioned in the poem is the process of conception and truth which has slowed down remarkably. Just as the nature is shriveled up, similarly the process of birth and germ are getting slowed down to an extent that civilization may be in danger soon.

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    “The Darkling Thrush” might be considered as an elegy to some extent as the poet is indeed sad and lonely with news of the century coming to an end, though he expresses no direct sorrow and neither does he bemoans the inevitability. This poem is more like an ode, addressing a particular subject. ReaRead more

    “The Darkling Thrush” might be considered as an elegy to some extent as the poet is indeed sad and lonely with news of the century coming to an end, though he expresses no direct sorrow and neither does he bemoans the inevitability. This poem is more like an ode, addressing a particular subject.

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    The irony lies in the fact that the thrush, who is singing even in desolate times, has no apparent reason for being happy or hopeful. The speaker used to believe that all reasons for hope is dying with the century but the thrush teaches him that hope needs no apparent reason. People can find hope evRead more

    The irony lies in the fact that the thrush, who is singing even in desolate times, has no apparent reason for being happy or hopeful. The speaker used to believe that all reasons for hope is dying with the century but the thrush teaches him that hope needs no apparent reason. People can find hope even in the most desolate time. The speaker doesn’t share the same joy as the bird, yet he knows that the thrush is aware of some hope that he is not yet aware of.

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    Thomas Hardy wrote the poem, “The Darkling Thrush” to express his feelings about the 19th century coming to an end and the arrival of the twentieth century in the horizon. He was feeling dejected at the dying century when the little thrush, through its song, taught him to have hope for the new centuRead more

    Thomas Hardy wrote the poem, “The Darkling Thrush” to express his feelings about the 19th century coming to an end and the arrival of the twentieth century in the horizon. He was feeling dejected at the dying century when the little thrush, through its song, taught him to have hope for the new century.

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